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The first thing I noticed when I got in my new Ranger was the brake pedal traveled about 30% down before brake engagement. Sales guy said if felt normal. My other vehicles have a small amount of pedal slack - 1/2" max before brake engagement. I recently noticed at a long stop light the Ranger's...

Our Ranger is our third 4X4, first with a rear locking diff. I drove my son's Neon home for 'storage' after he upgraded to a new car. Storage is a pad shared with our boat, but was blocked with Iowa snow blower snow pile. I was too lazy to fire up the snow blower, so I cut down the bank as much...

I installed the genuine Ford molded splash guards, F&R. Simple enough. They use existing body screws and provided clips. But when the instructions told me to drill 1/8" holes into the wheel well trims for screws and retainers, I said NO WAY! I'm installing these to prevent rust, not cause it...

Prior to our '14 Dart and '16 Cherokee I never had major out-of-warranty issues. None that I couldn't diagnose with my Actron OBD scanner, and fix myself. But the two FCA cars, with multiair intakes, DDCT, turbo, etc intimidated me, so I purchased FCA's pricey extended warranties. Unlimited...

If I weren't so lazy, I'd keep digging to find this in an existing post string. What is the max boost on the Ranger's 2.3, and what is the resulting effective displacement? I've gone easy on my Ranger during break-in. But I have goosed it a few times to 4K rpm. Wow. My previous experience with...